1. A Biblical Framework Physics Chapter 1

2. Science and Pseudoscience

False Science

• Phrenology

• Nuclear fusion

• Evolution

3. Science and Pseudoscience

III.What is Science?

• A.Definition ultimately depends on your worldview

• B.Science refers to any body of knowledge gained from observing the natural world as well as the activities involved in acquiring scientific knowledge

• C.Concise definition impossible

• D.Table 1-1

4. Science and Pseudoscience

II.Types of False Science

• A.Phenomenon anything that mankind can perceive, whether it is proven to be real or imaginary

• B.Prejudice a personal bias formed without examining the facts of the case or with no knowledge of the issue

• C.Pseudoscience masquerades as science but fails to meet the standards of experimentalism

5. Science and Pseudoscience

III.What is Science?

• A.Definition ultimately depends on your worldview

• B.Science refers to any body of knowledge gained from observing the natural world as well as the activities involved in acquiring scientific knowledge

• C.Concise definition impossible

• D.Table 1-1

6. Science and Pseudoscience

New theories are tested against previously acquired facts

Theories are falsifiable no principle is safe from being proven false by new information

That which is studied must be observable, either directly or indirectly, and can be measured or described

Concepts can be expressed as mathematical relationships

A phenomenon can be properly studied only if it can be repeatedly observed in some way

The facts are analyzed and theories are made objectively

Reports are not published until they have been reviewed by other workers trained and familiar with the research

Table 1-1:Characteristics of Science 7. Science and Pseudoscience

IV.Objectivity

• A.Definition:impartiality; completely separate from one's biases

• B.Also means people are not influenced by a prior knowledge or prejudices

• C.Personal bias

• D.Paradigm one's underlying worldview

• E.One's worldview depends on what he believes is God, has god-like properties, or is divine

8. Science and Pseudoscience

V.Comparing Worldviews

• A.2 prominent paradigms

• • 1.The Materialist worldview

• • 2.The Biblical worldview

• B.Origins

• • 1.Materialist presupposition: everything arose from inert matter through naturalistic processes

• • 2.Materialists reject intelligent design

• • 3.Biblicism affirms a Creator-God who reveals Himself

• • 4.YEC believe the universe was spoken into existence in a literal six days

9. Science and Pseudoscience

V.Comparing Worldviews

• C.Mankind and Morality

• • 1.Materialist mankind an accidental product of evolution and not responsible to anyone higher

• • 2.Materialist language, love, intellect, philosophy, and religion come from survival of the fittest

• • 3.Biblicist man created in God's image (Imago Dei)

• • 4.Biblicist man fell in sin, suffers curse of death

• • 5.Biblicist believes that man is morally responsible to God

10. True Science

VI.True Science

• A.Defined by the ultimate purpose for which the knowledge is gained and the use to which it is put

• B.Romans 1:21-22